A shelf of everything I’ve read since 2018, arranged by the date finished. Each spine width is determined by the page count. The colour of the spine maps to the genre of the book.
Interests rise and fall over time. Certain topics spike, then disappear. Literary fiction sits underneath it all, steady and continuous.
A friend told me I read too many American authors. The data agrees.
The balance between fiction and non-fiction shifts year to year. Some years I lean into novels; other years less so.
Inner ring: the six main categories. Middle ring: more specific subjects within each. Outer ring: every book I've read, one tick each.
A flow from genres to eras to origin of author. Ribbon thickness is the number of books taking that path. Hover a node or a ribbon to follow one strand of the reading history.